Posts Tagged ‘Kariye Mosque’

Turkey’s Erdogan opens former church to Muslim worshippers

Thursday, May 9th, 2024

Turkey has reopened a mosque converted from an ancient Orthodox church in Istanbul for Muslim worship four years after the president ordered its transformation. The Kariye Mosque was formerly a Byzantine church, then a mosque, and then a museum. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared on May 6 that the Kariye Mosque was reopened for worship Read more